A5001646754- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Educational Methods and Outcomes
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Educational Methods and Media Use
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Radioactive contamination and transfer
- Education and Vocational Training
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
Wasser Cluster Lunz
2020-2025
University of Vienna
2025
BOKU University
2020-2022
University of California, San Francisco
2000
San Francisco General Hospital
2000
Austrian citizens, like many others worldwide, show high levels of skepticism coupled with low interest in science. This disengagement is closely tied to limited science literacy, characterized by a poor understanding the scientific process and data generation. Initiatives operating at intersection education provide valuable opportunity develop innovative methods communication, enhance positively influence attitudes toward findings. To address these challenges, scientists from diverse...
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a pivotal role in aquatic ecosystems, influencing water quality, microbial activity, and carbon cycling. This study investigates the composition, sources, dynamics of DOM Berlin’s urban groundwater, focusing on its variability across aquifer layers implications for quality ecosystem health. Groundwater samples collected over three years (2021–2023) were analyzed using fluorescence spectroscopy excitation-emission matrices (EEMs). The...
In today’s fast-paced digital world, scientific misinformation can spread rapidly. Civic science literacy—the ability to understand how knowledge is developed and evolves—is an essential skill. This skill equips individuals better grasp understanding changes over time critically evaluate information presented in the media, a vital component of media literacy. particularly crucial areas such as climate change science. However, key aspects literacy are challenging...
A better understanding of the hydrological dynamics aquatic ecosystems is vital importance for assessing their ecological functions and predicting responses to climate change. Hydrology has been shown in several studies be a major driver ecosystem processes catchment Lake Lunz, which part Global Ecological Observatory Network. Stable isotopes water molecule (δ18O-H2O δ2H-H2O) are valuable tool flow temporal complex, karstic catchments. Using stable isotopes, we complemented...
Abstract With climate change, streams and rivers are at increased risk of droughts flow intermittency. The full implications these conditions for fluvial carbon (C) processing stream-atmosphere CO 2 emissions not well understood. We performed a controlled drought experiment in outdoor hyporheic flumes. simulated small rain events that increase sediment moisture content, but do cause streamflow order to investigate how affect streambed dissolved organic C dynamics, biofilm respiration enzyme...
Abstract Droughts are expected to become more common with climate change resulting in frequent occurrences of flow intermittency temperate streams. As has deleterious effects on fluvial microbial biofilms, there is a need better understand how droughts affect the functioning and thereby nutrient organic matter processing stream ecosystems. Here, hyporheic zone particular importance as it been shown be hot spot for biogeochemical activity under intermittence. This study evaluates drought...
Surfactants are used to control microbial biofilms in industrial and medical settings. Their known toxicity on aquatic biota, their longevity the environment, has encouraged research biodegradable alternatives such as rhamnolipids. While previous investigated effects of biological surfactants single species biofilms, there remains a lack information regarding synthetic freshwater ecosystems. We conducted mesocosm experiment test how surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) rhamnolipid altered...
Intermittent streams are found all over the world, however most studies focus on intermittency in hot, arid climates. As flow is expected to increase with climate change, it important understand how stream biofilms temperate regions respond these changing conditions. In this study, 20 different from around Austria were sampled under flowing and non-flowing conditions evaluate effect of biofilms. These encompassed two distinct types: fine-grained high agricultural land use coarse sediments...
In this age of fast-paced digital media, it is easy for scientific misinformation to propagate. The understanding how knowledge created and evolves, a skill called civic science literacy, critically important the public. It gives people tools better understand changes over time be able assess what presented in media (media literacy). This especially context climate change science. However, many critical concepts literacy (i.e. peer review process, dynamic nature knowledge) are difficult...
Research on groundwater residence times is essential for evaluating abstraction rates and aquifer vulnerabilities, hence, sustainable water resources management. Naturally occurring radionuclides are suitable tools related investigations. While the applicability of several long-lived investigation long-term processes has been demonstrated frequently, tracer-based approaches studying less than one year have not fully exploited. That due to rather small number applicable that show adequately...
Abstract Surfactants are used to control microbial biofilms in industrial and medical settings. Their known toxicity on aquatic biota their longevity the environment has encouraged research biodegradable alternatives such as rhamnolipids. While previous investigated effects of biological surfactants single species biofilms, there remains a lack information regarding synthetic freshwater ecosystems. We conducted mesocosm experiment test how surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) rhamnolipid...
Climate change and decreasing biodiversity are currently hot topics in the media. Freshwaters alpine region good indicators of climate and, hence, perfect examples for illustrating these threats. Here, we want to share our idea a Geocaching path (similar popular treasure hunt game) that is used educate public about biology freshwaters. We visitors natural environment consequences aquatic ecosystems livelihoods. In particular, show approaches scientists understand predict threats furthermore,...
<p>Intermittent streams as well extreme events are expected to become more common the climate changes. Therefore, it is important understand how drought affects biofilms that essential for nutrient and DOM processing within streams. Previous work has largely focused on Mediterranean This project evaluates state processes of microbial in hyporheic zone temperate intermittent The experiment was conducted with outdoor experimental flumes (5 m long, 0.6 wide, 1.2 deep) were allowed...
<p>Climate change and decreasing biodiversity are currently hot topics in the media. Freshwaters alpine region good indicators of climate and, hence, perfect examples for illustrating these threats. Here, we want to share our idea a Geocaching path (similar popular treasure hunt game) that is used educate public about biology freshwaters. We visitors natural environment consequences aquatic ecosystems livelihoods. In particular, show approaches scientists understand predict...